Foà, 1900 : 137 Macrocheles ( Macrocheles ) confusus Filipponi & Ilardi, 1958 : 118 Glyptholaspis confusa Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154 Van Der Hammen, 1964 : 4 Halliday, 1986 : 73 Hyatt & Emberson, 1988 : 116 De Jesus & Rueda, 1990 : 714 Mašán, 2003 : 122 Takaku et al ., 2012 : 104 Özbek et al ., 2014 : 1 Macrocheles ( Glyptholaspis ) confusa Bregetova, 1977 : 387 Macrocheles plumiventris Evans & Browning, 1956 : 36 Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154 Berlese, 1918 : 173 Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154 Berlese, 1918 : 173 Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154 Hull, 1925 : 215 Macrocheles plumiventris sensu Evans & Browning (1956) Evans & Browning, 1956 : 16 Macrochelid mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Macrocheles Azevedo, Letícia H. Castilho, Raphael C. Berto, Marielle M. De Moraes, Gilberto J. Zootaxa 2017 4269 3 413 426 Foa, 1900 Foa 1900 [151,566,1361,1387] Arachnida Macrochelidae Glyptholaspis GBIF Animalia Mesostigmata 2 415 Arthropoda species confusa     Holostaspis confusus  Foà, 1900: 137.    Macrocheles( Macrocheles) confusus.—  Filipponi & Ilardi, 1958: 118.    Glyptholaspis confusa.—  Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154, 1962a: 197;   VanDer Hammen, 1964: 4;  Halliday, 1986: 73;  Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 116;  De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 714;  Mašán, 2003: 122;  Takaku et al., 2012: 104;  Özbek et al., 2014: 1.    Macrocheles( Glyptholaspis) confusa.—  Bregetova, 1977: 387.    Macrocheles plumiventris.—  Evans & Browning, 1956: 36[Misidentification, according to  Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].    Macrocheles( Macrocheles) vagabundusvar. neotropicus  Berlese, 1918: 173[Synonymy by  Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].    Macrocheles( Macrocheles) vagabundusvar. australis  Berlese, 1918: 173[Synonymy by  Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].    Macrocheles( Monoplites) oudemansii  Hull, 1925: 215[Synonymy of  Macrocheles plumiventris sensu Evans & Browning (1956)by  Evans & Browning, 1956: 16].   Material examined. Three females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014; two females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and two females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; one female from Registro, 24 February 2014; one female from São Luis do Paraitinga; 13 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; 24 females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014; three females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W), 31 March 2014.   Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield large [1,237 (1,175–1,310) long and 833 (790–875) wide at level of coxa III (n=6)], oval and with punctate-reticulate pattern. Posterior margin of dorsal shield with large denticles and numerous microdenticles. Most dorsal setae brush-shaped and long; j6, z5 and 1–2 unpaired median setae (between j6 and J2) smooth and short; j5 longer than z6; bases of Z5 not adjacent to each other; J5 short, approximately half as long as Z4. Sternal and ventrianal shields with polygonal pattern. Ventrianal shield with anterior margin truncate. Pre-anal setae relatively short and brush-shaped.  Previous records. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Caucasus, England, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Wales. This is the first record of this species in Brazil.